Review article
https://doi.org/10.21066/carcl.libri.2017-06(01).0004
Biblical allegory in The Little Prince
Zorica Jurčević
orcid.org/0000-0002-4186-4118
; József Eötvös Faculty, Baja, Hungary
Abstract
This paper explores the extratextual meaning of The Little Prince based on the evocations of biblical associations, namely the associations with Jesus Christ. Biblical motifs and the biblical context are evoked primarily by the title “prince”, since Jesus is called “The Prince of princes” in the Bible, and further congruence and symbolism continues in his physical appearance and in the overall story which is filled with biblical associations and biblical symbols as signals for interpreting the text. Attention is also given to the drawings of the Little Prince where many graphic symbols can be discovered, again connected to the person of Jesus Christ. The text of The Little Prince, therefore, surely cannot be read literally and unambiguously. The analysis is based on indirect meanings and seeks confirmation in the links between the direct, explicit text and the biblical, implicit context.
Keywords
allegory; biblical motifs; duplication of reading; Jesus; symbol
Hrčak ID:
188303
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Publication date:
25.9.2017.
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